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WASHINGTON (AP) - Hunger relief advocates visited Congress today
and painted a bleak picture of a country struggling to meet an
increased need for food assistance at a time of high unemployment.
Soup kitchen workers are seeing new faces in line and charities
are taking more calls for help as the recession makes for a
less-than-bountiful Thanksgiving.
Candy Hill of Catholic Charities USA said local agencies are
getting more requests from first-time clients.
She says the Catholic Charities office in Youngstown, Ohio, is
getting 70 calls a day for help with food and utilities - up from
100 a month last year.
Charities and nonprofit groups called on lawmakers to give
people tax incentives to donate to charities, expand federal
nutrition programs and spend more on programs to help people
prepare for work.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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